Company Registration & Approval Services for Chinese Manufacturers in Thailand

For Chinese manufacturers building factories in Thailand: one team takes you from company incorporation to pre-production approvals, working back from your start-of-production date across BOI, the factory licence, equipment import and staff visas.

Backward schedule from production date | One team for registration and BOI | Chonburi EEC Branch | Weekly progress reports | Chinese–Thai bilingual

Service Positioning

We provide Chinese manufacturers building factories in Thailand with an integrated China–Thailand service covering everything from company incorporation to pre-production approvals. Registration is not treated as just a business licence: we work backwards from your target start-of-production date and put company incorporation, BOI, the factory licence, equipment import and staff visas on a single schedule, with one team carrying it through to the end. After production starts, bookkeeping and tax filing, BOI compliance and audit follow on without a hand-over gap.

Scope of Services: What Is and Is Not Included

Handled by Z&X	Not included in this service
Company incorporation: name reservation, articles of association, shareholder registration, certificate of incorporation, company seal	Outbound investment filing and foreign-exchange registration in China
Registrations: VAT (PP.20), social security, customs import/export registration, accompanied bank account opening	Factory site selection, construction and environmental impact assessment
BOI investment promotion application: eligibility and category assessment, application documents, interview preparation	Customs clearance (handled by the customs broker you appoint; Z&X handles import release filings in the BOI system and supports clearance)
Post-approval BOI filings: machinery master list, maximum raw material stock and production formulas, import release filings	Government fees, translation, certification and other third-party costs (borne by the company at actual cost)
Factory licence: determining the factory category, preparing the application, accompanying the factory inspection	Work visas and work permits for non-BOI companies
Foreign staff: visas and work permits for management and technical staff of BOI companies	Any guarantee of BOI approval or bank account approval (subject to review by the authorities and the bank)
Overall coordination: a schedule worked back from the production date, weekly progress reports, item-by-item sign-off on a delivery checklist
After production starts: bookkeeping and tax filing, BOI write-off and reporting, annual audit (engaged separately)

How Z&X Differs from a Standard Registration Service

Point of comparison	Standard registration service	Z&X
Where the service ends	Ends once the business licence is issued	Ends when you are able to produce: the factory licence, duty-free machinery import and the arrival of foreign staff are all on the schedule
Team background	Mainly company secretarial and agency work	Led by advisers with manufacturing finance backgrounds: Biaoshun Jia, General Manager of the EEC Branch, has 12 years of finance and tax experience, more than ten of them at large manufacturers in Thailand and as CFO of a Chinese listed company; his EEC team has served more than 50 large manufacturers
Location	Mostly in Bangkok, far from the factory	EEC Branch opened in Chonburi in 2025, close to the eastern industrial estates
Link to BOI	Registration and BOI are handled by different firms, so things fall through the cracks at hand-over	Incorporation, the BOI application, machinery lists, write-off and reporting are handled by the same team; Z&X has completed 100+ BOI projects
Link to head office in China	Works only on the Thai side	“Two countries, three firms”: Zhongxin (China) Tax Agents, Zhongxin (Thailand) Accounting and Zhongxin (Thailand) Audit can align with your head office's finance and tax requirements at the same time
How progress is delivered	Verbal updates	Parallel schedule plus item-by-item sign-off on a delivery checklist, so every step can be verified (Z&X CODE compliance-growth model)

Common Concerns of Chinese Manufacturers and How Z&X Addresses Them

Common concern	How Z&X handles it
Will our registration documents (shareholder identities, source of funds, technical and process information) leak?	Four confidentiality measures: ① a non-disclosure agreement is signed together with the engagement; ② each project has a dedicated file, accessible only to project team members; ③ documents are used only for this project's government filings; ④ at the end of the project originals are returned against a checklist, and electronic copies are kept or deleted as agreed
We cannot see progress or where things are stuck	A schedule is issued on signing, with the responsible party and deadline for each item; progress is reported weekly, and any delay is explained the same day with a recovery plan
Costs exceed the budget	The quotation lists service fees separately from government fees, translation, certification and other third-party costs; third-party costs are settled at actual cost against receipts
What if an approval is not granted?	We explain in advance which outcomes depend on review by the authorities; if documents are returned, we promptly explain why and give a correction plan and timeline
No one follows up after registration, so compliance breaks down	The same team continues with BOI compliance, bookkeeping, tax filing and audit, with a written hand-over checklist
Language barriers with Thai authorities	Chinese-speaking advisers work with you throughout, Thai specialists deal with government agencies, and key documents come with a Chinese explanation

Which Chinese Manufacturers This Service Fits

Your situation	What Z&X focuses on
Building a factory in Thailand for the first time, with a head office unfamiliar with Thai approvals	Explaining every step in Chinese and providing an overall schedule worked back from the production date
Production projects planning to apply for BOI	One team linking incorporation, the BOI application, machinery lists and post-approval compliance
Projects located in the Eastern Economic Corridor (Chonburi, Rayong, Chachoengsao)	Close follow-up by the Chonburi EEC Branch
Production projects that need to enter local supply chains and pass customer factory audits	Designing the entity, shareholding and finance system from the start to meet customer audit requirements and the standards of a listed company's subsidiary

Service Process: From Assessment to Start of Production

Assessment → Backward schedule → Incorporation ‖ BOI application → Factory and factory licence → Machinery list filing and import → Staff visas → Production → Tax and BOI compliance

Step	What Z&X does	What the company provides	Output of this step
1. Needs assessment	Understand products and processes, investment size, target production date and preferred location; assess BOI eligibility and category, foreign shareholding and registered capital	Project overview, shareholder background, equipment and staffing plans	Assessment: recommended route, decisions to make first, approximate timeline
2. Plan and backward schedule	Work back from the production date across incorporation, BOI, factory, factory licence, equipment import and staff visas	Confirm entity, shareholding and scope of service	Written plan, overall schedule, quotation
3. Incorporation and registrations	Name reservation, registration, accompanied bank account opening, VAT and social security registration, customs registration	Shareholder and director documents, paid-up capital, director present to open the bank account	Business licence and registrations (company registration about 2 weeks)
4. BOI application	Application documents, business plan and financial projections, interview preparation, follow-up on approval	Product and process description, equipment list, staffing plan; responsible person attends the interview	BOI approval and promotion certificate
5. Post-approval filings	Machinery master list (review of a new list can take up to about 60 working days, so it should be filed before the first equipment arrives), raw material and production formula filings	Equipment specifications, arrival plan, raw material usage data	Approved filings, allowing duty-free import shipment by shipment
6. Factory licence	Determine the factory category, prepare documents, accompany the inspection	Factory and equipment ready for inspection	Factory licence (where required, formal production cannot start before it is issued)
7. Staff visas	Position approval, visas and work permits for foreign management and technical staff of BOI companies	Staff documents, arrival dates	Foreign staff working legally
8. Pre-production check and hand-over	Check that all registrations, licences and filings are complete, and hand over documents against the checklist	Sign off the delivery checklist	Complete documents and government receipts
9. After production starts (engaged separately)	Bookkeeping and tax filing, BOI write-off and reporting, annual audit	—	Ongoing compliance

The above describes typical cases; actual timing follows the project schedule and depends on the authorities' review speed, completeness of documents and project complexity.

What Z&X Delivers to Manufacturers

Deliverable	Content	See also
Overall schedule worked back from the production date	Responsible parties and deadlines for incorporation, BOI, factory and factory licence, machinery import and staff visas	This page
Incorporation and registrations	Business licence, VAT and social security registration, customs registration, bank account	Company Registration & Approval Services
BOI application and post-approval filings	Application documents, machinery master list, raw material filings	BOI Investment Promotion Application Services, BOI End-to-End Compliance Services
Factory licence	Application documents, accompanied inspection	Factory License Services
Staff visas	Visas and work permits for foreign management and technical staff	Work Visa and Work Permit Services
Tax hand-over after production starts	Plan for bookkeeping, tax filing and annual audit	Accounting & Tax Outsourcing Services, Audit Services

Z&X Manufacturing Service Team

Member	Position	Role in manufacturing projects
Biaoshun Jia	General Manager of EEC Branch	Former CFO background at large manufacturers in Thailand and a Chinese listed company; responsible for manufacturing finance systems, BOI practice and cost control
Qing Su	BOI Project Lead	13 years of dedicated BOI experience; responsible for BOI applications and online system filings
Lijia Li	General Manager of China	15 years of China–Thailand cross-border finance, tax and compliance management; responsible for aligning with head office finance and tax requirements in China

1. Company Registration & Approvals

2. BOI Investment Promotion

3. Advisory & Training

4. Audit & Assurance

5. Strategic & Special Advisory

6. Accounting & Tax Outsourcing

Company Registration & Approval Services for Chinese Manufacturers in Thailand